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I think it's good to show diversity and so far, it doesn't look like they're touting one end of the spectrum as being right and the other being wrong BUT STILL beautiful, they're just laying the images out there without too much spin. Though I'd like to see more diversity in sizes... give us someone who wears an 18, maybe a few of the sizes inbetween, some different ethnicity and hair color in the models...

This is fascinating, and I look forward to seeing the whole spread. In some of the photos on the site I couldn't even tell which model was which. It'll be interesting to see the public's reaction to this issue.

A size 12 in the US is not really plus sized, but by typical model standards, a 12 is large.

I like the idea of having the photos side by side. I think it makes the message more in-your-face than merely presenting larger sized models on some pages and smaller sized models on other pages of the same magazine.

I wrote about this too. Although in some ways the spread kind of pits the two against each other, I think both models look absolutely gorgeous, which achieves V magazine's goal of proving that "fashion can flatter any figure.”

But my issue is, isn't there already plenty of proof? Most women don't fit into sample sizes but are still fashionable and beautiful every day. It seems that it's not the majority of women and readers who need convincing - but the magazine itself.